Cosmetic ingredient dictionary
Butylphenyl Methylpropional in cosmetics: what it is and what it does
Butylphenyl Methylpropional is a cosmetic ingredient that adds scent. The EU has banned it in cosmetics. Open Beauty Facts finds it in 637 products, most often hair care.
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What does Butylphenyl Methylpropional do in a product?
In a cosmetic product, Butylphenyl Methylpropional adds scent. The EU’s CosIng database lists this job for it: perfuming.
What other names and numbers does Butylphenyl Methylpropional have?
- CAS number
- 80-54-6
- EC number
- 201-289-8
- CosIng reference
- 31735
Is Butylphenyl Methylpropional restricted in the EU?
Yes. The EU has banned Butylphenyl Methylpropional in cosmetics (Regulation (EU) 2021/1902, which added it to Annex II of Regulation 1223/2009, the list of prohibited substances).
Is Butylphenyl Methylpropional a fragrance allergen?
It was one of the fragrance allergens EU labels had to name. The EU has since banned it in cosmetics (Regulation (EU) 2021/1902), so a product made for the EU market today should not contain it.
Which products contain Butylphenyl Methylpropional?
Open Beauty Facts finds Butylphenyl Methylpropional in the ingredient lists of 637 of the 22,021 products it has a list for, most often hair care, shampoos and shower gels.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 342 · Germany 48 · Spain 39 · Netherlands 23.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from Open Beauty Facts, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where Butylphenyl Methylpropional turns up, not how much of the market it is.
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Sources
The job, the description and the EU annex entry are CosIng’s; the fragrance allergens are the EU Annex III names Bravoora’s label checker reads; the product counts are Open Beauty Facts’.
- European Commission: CosIng cosmetic ingredient database (functions, description, EU annex entry)
- Open Beauty Facts: product database, 77,506 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
- EU Regulation 1223/2009 on cosmetic products (the annexes)
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